Sentence examples for a speck of something from inspiring English sources

(At one point during the show, Aline picks a speck of something off the stage's dark floor; impeccable housekeeping has supplanted maternal instinct).

He also had the unsettling habit of running his hands along the walls or on moldings in the hallways, checking for dust, and more than once, he bent over to remove a small speck of something from the floor or a table, tucking it into his pocket.

You are used to cleaning things when you feel they need cleaning, not everyday when your mom sees a speck of dirt on something.

Gross reached down and picked an almost invisible black speck of something off the top of the bed, then began describing its specifications.

I was trying to find one little speck of something I could use.

Barnes, Amis and McEwan could barely write their own names; yet I was able to spot a speck of promise and nurture it into something more substantial, and I am very touched they recognise how much they owe to me.

I don't think there's ever been a point in history where you could spend eight hours doing something and not a speck of dust gets moved.

In something as tiny as a speck of dust lies the potential to change earth's climate.

Something as small as a speck of bacteria in our brain or myriad other medical conditions, can present as a laundry list of psychological diagnoses.

"There's something — that white stuff — that's meat!" he cried, pointing to a speck of flesh.

Their love for each other was intense: "you turn my life into something light, amazing, rainbowed"; "I need so little: a bottle of ink, a speck of sun on the floor – and you".